Investing.com-- The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has frozen two cases against Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) just days after President Donald Trump nominated a lawyer who has represented the tech giant, to serve as the agency’s top legal official, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The NLRB had filed multiple complaints against Apple last year, accusing it of interfering with employee efforts to organize. However, late last week, the agency abruptly withdrew from two cases, the FT reported citing documents reviewed by it.

The move came shortly after Trump nominated Crystal Carey, a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, as NLRB general counsel. Carey has been listed as an attorney defending Apple in both cases, according to the report.

The cases involved former Apple employees Janneke Parrish and Cher Scarlett, who were key figures in the 2021 “AppleToo” movement, which protested wage discrimination and harassment.

The NLRB had previously ruled in their favor, but hearings scheduled for April and June have now been indefinitely postponed pending a legal review, the FT report stated.

Trump’s nomination of Carey is part of broader efforts to reshape independent federal agencies, raising concerns over workers’ rights and the agency’s independence, the report added.